Shunga: Japanese Erotic Art

(Japanese Import)

by Monta Hayakawa

This softcover volume features "Shunga", a type of Ukiyo-e that portrays erotic images of men, women, animals, and monsters that was usually made with the finest Japanese woodblock print techniques. Featuring works from the Edo period, it includes examples from Ukiyo-e masters such as Hishikawa Moronobu, Kitagawa Utamaro, Utagawa Kunisada, and Katsushika Hokusai. In many ways a Japanese "Kama Sutra", Shunga: Japanese Erotic Art manages to be erotic, beautiful, bizarre, and great fun all at the same time.